Diet: Forages in open, muddy
shoreline on floating vegetation in search of small fish and aquatic
insects.

Description:Flavirostris is Latin for 'yellow bill', although the bill is bright
greenish lemon yellow in colour. Their eyes are red, as are their legs and feet.
Amaurornis refers to their dark, dim or obscure nature.

Breeding: Between 2 and 6
eggs are laid in a deep cup made from dry grass and rushes and other water
plants, on vegetation just above the water.